Development Log

• Commands which require the 'Apprentice of the Land' ability will now explicitly tell you which ability you are lacking instead of just saying that you don't meet pre-requisites. -- Jirato 23:28, 13 September 2019 (EDT)
• As a result of the poll at bbs.contrarium.net/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7159, the daily room saver script has been reverted to a non-threaded call which will save all the rooms at once rather than over time. -- Jirato 21:30, 13 September 2019 (EDT)
• The maximum duration you can rent an inn room or workshop has been increased significantly. -- Jirato 19:58, 13 September 2019 (EDT)
• A new general ability has been released Blacksmithing: Munitions! With this you can craft all kinds of things that are fired, shot, launched or otherwise do bad things to others from a distance. You can purchase a starter schematic from the same trainers as before. Oh and as a gift, the ability cap has been raised from 20 to 21. Cheers! -- Noctere 17:33, 12 September 2019 (PDT)
• The commodity price for nails has been reevaluated as it used less material and provided a MUCH higher sell price to markets than any other commodity when they come in batches of 5 for a single crafting cycle. -- Noctere 15:09, 12 September 2019 (PDT)
• Until a more precise change can me made. Woodworking hafts have been re-enabled for the time being however these hafts can only be used for other woodworking items and will not be functional for forging.-- Noctere 15:03, 12 September 2019 (PDT)
• Woodworking no longer includes hafts as an option due to numerous exploitative mechanics and the new forging system replacing them. Old hafts should still be usable with the new system but woodworkers are encouraged to supply carved staves for blacksmiths instead. -- Noctere 13:17, 12 September 2019 (PDT)
• The old VICE command has been removed as it is no longer used. -- Noctere 13:17, 12 September 2019 (PDT)
• There is also a new SCHEMATICS command which can be used to view any of your learned forging plans while you are away from the forge. -- Noctere 19:53, 11 September 2019 (PDT)
• Along with the previous change you can now also teach others any schematics for forging that you know once per day. Syntax is: TEACH FORGE ITEM -- Noctere 19:53, 11 September 2019 (PDT)
• The new forging system is now live!. There are many changes in the new system but to get started you will now need to learn a basic forging schematic from your local town blacksmith. There is a brawny blacksmith in Shadgard, The blademaster Lilith in Haiban, Nelana the Mine Foreman in Mistral Lake and Haiban has a exclusive teacher just for artisans in a backroom behind the import shop where many new things await them. Just one word, riversteel... -- Noctere 19:44, 11 September 2019 (PDT)
• The previously removed shield charge (SCHARGE) command is again available through the new Charge ability. Note that this ability may be extended to include charging with heavy weapons in the future, but for now we went ahead and released it as-is in its unfinished state in order to get that long last SCHARGE command back in-game. -- Jirato 21:19, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
• Two new rare ore types with special properties have been added for skilled miners to discover. -- Jirato 21:08, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
• Nearly all gemstone/mineral rarities have been reworked, with an emphasis on making the more rare and valuable gems easier to obtain. -- Jirato 20:49, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
• The following ores have been made less rare: Iron, Silver, Gold, Electrum, Bloodsand. -- Jirato 20:23, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a bug that would prevent mining already exposed veins in exhausted mine rooms/glittering caverns which are not capable of producing additional veins. -- Jirato 15:52, 11 September 2019 (EDT)
• You can now see how difficult it will be to maintain an open channel with your current armor, abilities and open channels via the CHANNEL command. -- Noctere 16:57, 9 September 2019 (PDT)
• Nethrium armor now has less channeling encumbrance when channeling sorcery specifically. And, celestium armor now has a permanent unavoidable aura which will damage any nethrim foolish enough to get too close. -- Noctere 19:19, 6 September 2019 (PDT)
• It is no longer possible to TRANSFER items from a container to the ground in a room that has over two thousand items in it. -- Jirato 11:40, 6 September 2019 (EDT)
• It is no longer possible to DROP an item in a room that has over two thousand items in it. -- Jirato 11:34, 6 September 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a crash in the WEAPONS command if the person using it has a weapon with no maximum durability defined. -- Jirato 11:04, 6 September 2019 (EDT)
• Characters who have their names changed will now properly update names on any crimes they have been accused of in any towns with a justice system. -- Jirato 16:31, 31 August 2019 (EDT)
• Suspended characters will no longer receive mail notifications. -- Jirato 18:21, 30 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed an issue where permadead characters' corpses in Soul Beacon/Soul Retrieval rooms would cause the AI to continuously attempt to revive them if they are online. -- Jirato 15:25, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a crash in the Soul Beacon spell when attempted on a target who logged out. -- Jirato 14:08, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
• Foraged plants will now grow faster when there are more players logged in. -- Jirato 14:02, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
• Player mounts now have a skill cap. -- Jirato 11:56, 26 August 2019 (EDT)
• ESP Tuning Crystals will no longer run out when used by a Mummer who has the Telepathy effect active. -- Jirato 14:14, 24 August 2019 (EDT)
• NPC infirmary healers will now properly report your debt when you ASK about it. Incurring and paying debt should be working as intended. -- Noctere 14:26, 18 August 2019 (PDT)
• Bloodglass is now a little less durable while riversteel is now more durable. -- Noctere 03:40, 16 August 2019 (PDT)
• To accommodate the recent changes to the death mechanics, the command queue now works while dead. -- Jirato 09:50, 13 August 2019 (EDT)
• One of the recently released areas now has a name rather than the "You have no idea where you are." message when typing AREA. -- Jirato 08:40, 13 August 2019 (EDT)
• It is now possible to withdraw and deposit bank notes. Usage: WITHDRAW (amount) NOTE to receive a bank note. DEPOSIT NOTE to deposit a note held in either your right or left hand. Note that the banks charge a 1% convenience fee for creating notes. -- Jirato 11:06, 12 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed an issue where certain banks which charge withdrawal fees would allow the balance to go negative when withdrawing the full amount of the account. -- Jirato 12:04, 9 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed an issue which would crash one of the NPC-aided resurrection mechanics if certain conditions were not met. -- Jirato 10:51, 9 August 2019 (EDT)
• There is now a hard-coded limit of 10 handcarts/wagons per room. -- Jirato 12:42, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• To further encourage the prompt return of handcarts and wagons, the refund issued via the RETURN command has been increased from 90% to 95%. -- Jirato 12:23, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• It is no longer possible to move in a direction while pulling a wagon with supernatural strength if the destination room has the no_wagons tag. -- Jirato 12:19, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• It is no longer possible for a character with supernatural strength to pull a wagon through a portal that has the no_wagons tag. -- Jirato 12:15, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• The old CHANGELOG command, which has been superseded by the new DEVLOG command, has been removed. CHANGELOG and CHANGES are now aliases for DEVLOG. -- Jirato 11:48, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• The effect of the Mummer's Telepathy spell will now automatically be removed if the mummer unlearns the Telepathy ability. -- Jirato 11:43, 8 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a command execution failure when attempting to steal from NPC crowds. -- Jirato 07:17, 7 August 2019 (EDT)
• It is no longer possible to clean, prepare, or tan crab legs (as part of the leatherworking system). -- Jirato 07:07, 7 August 2019 (EDT)
• Changed the way Artisan-owned permanent wagons are stored in the Haiban Wagon Yard to facilitate a new method of saving room data. -- Jirato 15:10, 6 August 2019 (EDT)
• All messages sent to or from Discord will now automatically have the language filter applied. Please note that this is not an excuse for excessive swearing, and such action could result in a timeout on Discord. CLOK is intended to be a family friendly environment. -- Jirato 13:25, 6 August 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a bug in a certain method of returning to life after death where any debts or favors owed weren't properly being tracked. Consider any usage of that system before this update to be free, whoops. -- Jirato 17:01, 2 August 2019 (EDT)
• Slightly changed the wording that appears when you enter an invalid command while dead so that it doesn't reference the DEPART command. -- Jirato 18:47, 31 July 2019 (EDT)
• Due to the way the Devlog is captured from the wiki and imported in-game, the latest entry prior to this is just a note saying the 2018 entries have been archived. To summarize actual latest changes, the death system and mechanics have been overhauled. Sorry for any confusion about the archive thing. -- Jirato 09:17, 31 July 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a potential bug that would prevent perma-dead characters from interacting with others in OOC rooms. -- Jirato 21:56, 30 July 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a bug preventing people from being able to move in the new area. -- Jirato 21:45, 30 July 2019 (EDT)
• A new area has been added... somewhere. Please note that all details about this area and associated mechanics are meant to be a bit of a puzzle. Please refrain from discussing in OOC chat mediums. -- Jirato 20:18, 30 July 2019 (EDT)
• Optional permadeath has been added for those who wish to retire characters. Please note that permadeath does NOT free up a character name for re-use. -- Jirato 20:17, 30 July 2019 (EDT)
• The DEPART command has been removed from the game in favor of a more in-character and lore-appropriate way of recovering from death. -- Jirato 20:16, 30 July 2019 (EDT)
• Attackers charging on horseback can now be intercepted by those guarding another. -- Noctere 17:03, 29 July 2019 (PDT)
• Any existing items with the noun of 'ring' with a weight over 1 pound will automatically adjust to 0.1 pounds when removed and re-worn. -- Jirato 21:32, 28 July 2019 (EDT)
• The weight of the black and gold signet ring in the Haiban Imports shop has been reduced by 90%. -- Jirato 21:25, 28 July 2019 (EDT)
• Heaving an item into a wagon will now clear it as a dragging target on anyone present in the room who was previously dragging it. -- Jirato 18:48, 28 July 2019 (EDT)
• Policy 3 has been updated to indicate possible situations of tampering with player corpses as a form of griefing. -- Jirato 17:13, 28 July 2019 (EDT)
• The old depart penalty has been removed and replaced to be a 10% chance of a permanent 10% loss of skill points to each of your skills over 100. -- Jirato 15:59, 28 July 2019 (EDT)
• Thanks to the efforts of several who spent the time to dig out the pass, Shadgard also brought out some heavy tools to clear out the forestation. SO, the way south is now clear! Happy exploring! -- Noctere 13:56, 15 July 2019 (PDT)
• Bloodglass crafted items can now be customized like other metal crafted items. They have also been given a few special description words JUST for them. -- Noctere 07:25, 4 July 2019 (PDT)
• An ancient bug was discovered that affected the damage reduction numbers on armor with a negative or positive quality rating. (Masterful, superior, terrible, etc) This has been corrected and all quality rated armor will now reduce or increase the damage received as intended. -- Noctere 08:11, 27 June 2019 (PDT)
• A bug was discovered that affected the sorcerers ice barbs spell when used on armor. The spell will now grant the proper damage reduction numbers to the armor. -- Noctere 08:11, 27 June 2019 (PDT)
• The cutlass has been reclassified and redesigned as a light weapon and can now be used with tactics swashbuckling. Note, that it is not compatible with some techniques that require light weapons as its weight is a little off balanced compared to others. -- Noctere 20:21, 25 June 2019 (PDT)
• The Rook nethrium spell will now require the caster to channel sorcery to properly utilize -AND- the spell can now be used to repair nethrium items as long as the caster has enough potent soul shreds to fuel the repair. Syntax: infuse <item> -- Noctere 08:22, 21 June 2019 (PDT)
• Modified the description of Tactics: Guardian to make it more clear that it only applies if you are the leader of said group. -- Jirato 20:35, 30 May 2019 (EDT)
• Warning! Mounts were never meant to be used as a free personal bank space. As such, they can now be stolen from. -- Noctere 03:00, 30 May 2019 (PDT)
• Squished a bug that was causing double posted favorite skills in the ClokGear plugins. -- Noctere 16:08, 21 May 2019 (PDT)
• An exploit concerning impure bronze and forging has been fixed. -- Noctere 13:18, 16 May 2019 (PDT)
• The fear roar spell that the azure drakes use has been thoroughly re-examined for any possible item vanishing bugs. In so doing, we have further colored and extended the warning when an item is dropped due to fear and, as a double measure, any items dropped will have their janitor times reset to maximum. Be warned, no further items will be refunded from the effects of this spell. -- Noctere 15:04, 11 May 2019 (PDT)
• An alias for the ESP command has been created. You can now also use MINDNETWORK instead. -- Noctere 06:56, 29 April 2019 (PDT)
• The dreaded coat tree build error has been found and slain! -- Noctere 06:05, 28 April 2019 (PDT)
• Unguent kits have been added to a few more Parlour locations to better allow Rooks to aid those in need. -- Noctere 02:46, 28 April 2019 (PDT)
• The soundpack links in the HELP SOUNDPACK command have been updated. -- Noctere 23:15, 25 April 2019 (PDT)
• Dragging targets are automatically cleared if the room occupants list function is unable to find your target. -- Jirato 22:41, 19 April 2019 (EDT)
• Fixed a crash in the function that generates the room occupants list if a character was dragging something that was heaved into a cart or wagon.
• Along with the previous change throwing axes will no longer have 3 strikes with a light shield, they will now have 2 like most other weapons in its class. -- Noctere 03:35, 19 April 2019 (PDT)
• Throwing axes will now properly use the hafted skill and not the dagger skill. -- Noctere 03:25, 19 April 2019 (PDT)
• Amber(mineral) has been added to the game... somewhere. -- Noctere 19:52, 10 April 2019 (PDT)
• The Rook's FAMILIAR MESSAGE command can now be used with amalgamations. -- Noctere 04:05, 8 April 2019 (PDT)
• An ESP message will now be sent to all with the proper ESP tuners when someone DEPARTS from death. -- Noctere 03:43, 8 April 2019 (PDT)
• Field plots will now be properly sorted when typing LOOK SOIL. -- Jirato 21:50, 7 April 2019 (EDT)
• Re-enabled crop growth in the main event loop. -- Jirato 21:26, 7 April 2019 (EDT)
• Shadgard now has a second furnace and forge available in the old converted storage space entryway next to the old furnace. -- Noctere 17:20, 6 April 2019 (PDT)
• Kindling is no longer a valid resource for carving. -- Noctere 20:22, 29 March 2019 (PDT)
• Reset everyone's ability reset counter for the free yearly ability reset. -- Jirato 08:54, 23 March 2019 (EDT)
• Metal Scale armor veiled coifs (covers entire head) and sabatons can now be crafted. -- Noctere 16:04, 22 March 2019 (PDT)
• The previous change has been undone due to complaints regarding lag. We'll look it over and try to find a way to re-implement it in the future. -- Jirato 14:35, 23 February 2019 (EST)
• Changed the way that prompts are sent to the client, this should overall result in more frequent prompts between lines for modern MUD client support, though some older commands may incorrectly not end with a prompt. -- Jirato
• All morale bonuses are now reset to 0 upon death. -- Jirato 08:27, 23 February 2019 (EST)
• Fixed red error text when attempting to gather clay from an exhausted shallow water deposit. -- Jirato 15:20, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• The front room of the Dwaedn Vil tannery is no longer considered a "permit_room", and as thus you may now utilize the REPAIR command for NPC repairs without having to pay to use the backroom. -- Jirato 15:03, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• The Harbinger infirmary will no longer refuse service to Harbingers who are covered in blood and gore. -- Jirato 14:46, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• Fixed missing swing messages with certain critter's special attacks such as yeti fists. -- Jirato 14:41, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• The two-way path from the Morhollow Stairway to the Morhollow Trail is now properly recognized as a "down" portal when returning to the trail so that it'll no longer say you head up the path. -- Jirato 14:20, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• It is no longer possible to drop sit-down food on the ground. -- Jirato 14:15, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• Horse sizes are now automatically set to "large" upon the first time someone mounts them. -- Jirato 14:05, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• Fixed gender issues with the output of the REMOVE command since it has been converted to the new command system. -- Jirato 14:02, 22 February 2019 (EST)
• An experimental fix has been added to wand/staves and other magical zapping items. We will be monitoring this very carefully so please report any new exploits or strange behavior from these items and their usage. -- Noctere 17:44, 17 February 2019 (PST)
• Eating a sit-down meal now grants a morale bonus per bite, up to 5%. This effect fades to 0 over approximately 50 minutes. Note that 'eat (item) all' does not grant the entire effect at once - take time and enjoy your food! -- Jirato 12:11, 16 February 2019 (EST)
• Observing a mummer perform storytelling will now grant a morale bonus based off of the quality of the story, up to a cap of 20%. This effect fades to 0 over approximately 100 minutes. -- Jirato 11:47, 16 February 2019 (EST)
• Consuming any non-alcoholic beverage from a waterskin, cup, or other type of container will now grant a 5% morale bonus for approximately 50 minutes. (Bonus from single-order drinks at shops not yet implemented but coming soon.) -- Jirato 21:45, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• Total morale bonus will now also show under the EFFECTS command. -- Jirato 21:19, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• The consider command will no longer erroneously show "the corpse of" before player character names. -- Jirato 19:29, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• Introducing the first phase of the "morale" system. Several key locations in various towns are now tagged as a (gathering spot). If you spend time here, your morale will slowly rise. Use the MORALE command to check your total morale and what is affecting it. Morale bonuses translate to direct skill gain bonuses. -- Jirato 19:12, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• It is now possible to HANG a lantern on a wagon. You may then retrieve it by using REMOVE lantern FROM wagon. -- Jirato 18:34, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• Using REMOVE to take a piece of mount gear off of a mount now uses the item finding function, so it should allow for things such as "REMOVE SADDLE FROM DAPPLED WHITE HORSE" and so on. Note that "MY" still isn't supported for mounts. -- Jirato 18:05, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• The CONSIDER command has been added and may be used to view basic information about size, hit locations, weight, and armor level of a target. -- Jirato 16:52, 15 February 2019 (EST)
• Added bellows to the Haiban lapidary workrooms so they can actually be used. Whoops! -- Mirazia 01:40, 14 February 2019 (EST)
• Monks taking guild tasks in Haiban may now be sent to the Tse Gaiyan Chapterhouse for infirmary healing. -- Jirato 18:34, 8 February 2019 (EST)
• Fixed an error with issuing tasks to mercenaries who have the riln bonus for having more than 100 tasks completed. -- Jirato 11:52, 3 February 2019 (EST)
• An error was found in the ClokGear skill window where double word skills were causing the display to fail. This has been fixed and the system improved. In so doing there may be some left over from the previous system, to remove the problem simply remove the favorite skills, abandon the training skills or let the trained skills run their course. -- Noctere 11:39, 2 February 2019 (PST)
• Added an additional layer of error checking on the data parser to hopefully prevent outright crashing/disconnecting clients if an error occurs. -- Jirato 08:08, 2 February 2019 (EST)
• Fixed a parsing error that broke several commands that had a certain kind of text manipulation such as COUNT. -- Jirato 08:08, 2 February 2019 (EST)
• COUNT may no longer be used to identify items in closed containers. -- Jirato 08:08, 2 February 2019 (EST)
• A new ClokGear version has been release which has many changes and new features. Details will be on the BBS. -- Noctere 03:37, 2 February 2019 (PST)
• Bear-Claw Gloves now require the Dwaedn Wyr Ability, Bear Claw, to be wielded effectively in combat and are thus unusable by non-Dwaedn Wyr. -- Jirato 22:36, 27 January 2019 (EST)
• Changed the way soil plot data is saved in rooms. Unfortunately, during this change, an error occurred and all existing farming plots were wiped out. -- Jirato 20:43, 27 January 2019 (EST)
• Changed the way lock familiarity information is saved to objects in rooms to accommodate a change with the way rooms are saved - this is a transparent change, but mentioning it here in case something wonky happens. -- Jirato 20:15, 27 January 2019 (EST)
• Changed the way recent storyteller information is saved to rooms to accommodate a change with the way rooms are saved - this is mostly a transparent change, but mentioning it here in case something wonky happens with storytelling. -- Jirato 19:32, 27 January 2019 (EST)
• "Trash" items from the loot feeder such as used bandages will now automatically have the 'no_sell' tag added to them when they are generated. -- Jirato 11:02, 27 January 2019 (EST)
• The various systems and spells that use the 'possession' mechanic will now continue to function while possessing and using the ClokGear or old Mushclient plugins. -- Noctere 02:57, 27 January 2019 (PST)
• Users can now manually disable MXP by typing MXP OFF. They can re-send the MXP initiation handshake by typing MXP ON. If no response is given when typing MXP ON, your client doesn't support MXP. -- Jirato 10:30, 20 January 2019 (EST)
• OPTION Linebreaks, which previously did nothing, can now be used by users of MUSHclient or other clients that don't send linebreaks after IAC GA. -- Jirato 22:19, 19 January 2019 (EST)
• Fixed an issue with extra line breaks after the Telnet GA implementation. -- Jirato 21:58, 19 January 2019 (EST)
• The MUD server will now send Telnet Go-Ahead data after text output. This may be a slight performance optimization for Mudlet users. -- Jirato 21:14, 19 January 2019 (EST)
• Room exits are now clickable hyperlinks that will make you travel in the direction you click if your MUD client supports it (MUSHClient, zMUD, cMUD, any others that have MXP support enabled). -- Jirato 09:10, 19 January 2019 (EST)
• The ClokGear plugin will now automatically be downloaded, installed, and loaded when connecting to the MUD via Mudlet. -- Jirato 22:22, 18 January 2019 (EST)
• Changed the way data is sent to and from the MUD server in order to allow future implementation of telnet sub-negotiations such as GMCP and MXP. As a result, there were a couple minor bugs (command stacking no longer working, extra line breaks after every command), but all of them should now be resolved. If you experience any further oddities, please use the BUG command. -- Jirato 21:48, 18 January 2019 (EST)
• You can now see how damaged a weapon or shield is when you look at someone holding one, when you check your inventory, or when attacking with that weapon or shield. -- Noctere 00:14, 14 January 2019 (PST)
• Fixed a bug with casting the spell, Minor Taming, by its spell ID (710). It was incorrectly identified as 704 in the code. Please ensure you use 710 when casting from here on. -- Jirato 21:42, 14 January 2019 (EST)
• The REQUEST command has been re-worked and is now open for players to use in situations when they need to initiate OOC contact with a member of the GM team. More details about when to use request versus other methods of contact can be found here: http://bbs.contrarium.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7008 -- Jirato 21:21, 14 January 2019 (EST)
• Extra spacing is now stripped from ESP messages. -- Jirato 17:38, 14 January 2019 (EST)
• The rank 10 Udemi and Loreekeper ability, Minor Taming, now requires 200 Druidry. -- Jirato 19:24, 13 January 2019 (EST)
• The rank 8 Udemi and Lorekeeper ability, Summon Mount, now requires 150 Druidry. -- Jirato 19:24, 13 January 2019 (EST)
• The rank 8 Udemi and Lorekeeper ability, Summon Mount, no longer requires the rank 10 Minor Taming ability as a pre-requisite. -- Jirato 19:24, 13 January 2019 (EST)
• Lorekeepers now have guild rank requirements for their abilities. -- Jirato 19:21, 13 January 2019 (EST)
• Spell ID numbers for casting Atros' Soothing Song and Atros' Auspice have been renumbered to 707 and 718 respectively. -- Jirato 19:19, 13 January 2019 (EST)
• There is now a 30 second roundtime between depart attempts. -- Jirato 20:59, 12 January 2019 (EST)
• Fixed a bug where players departing while their corpse is in the "valeria" realm in an area with no explicit depart location would lose their corpse and not get revived. -- Jirato 17:27, 10 January 2019 (EST)
• A new nesting site has been uncovered deep in the wilds. What creatures dwell deep within? -- Mirazia 02:14, 7 January 2019 (EST)
• The previous change where practicing capped skills no longer removed depart penalties has been reverted. -- Jirato 09:27, 6 January 2019 (EST)
• Fixed a bug where weather wasn't updating since the URI we used to fetch weather data changed to require https. -- Jirato 08:35, 6 January 2019 (EST)

Older Development Log Entries can be found at Development Log Archive (2017) and Development Log Archive (2018).